Create Your Own Comics with Comics Creator

Verizon Wireless announced the availability of Comic Creator, a new application for Get It Now-enabled phones that allows users to create personalized comics and send them to other mobile devices and e-mail addresses.

Developed by Advanced Mobile Applications' partner Longtail Studios, the application enables consumers to write their own story, which can consist of up to six frames. Users get to choose from a variety of backgrounds, and a list of characters that includes various human and non-human characters, such as a robot, a panda, a martian and a monster among others. Background and characters will be continuously updated to give users more ways to express their creativity. Consumers can write their own dialogues and, for each character, they can decide what mood and facial expression to use. After the story is finished, Verizon Wireless subscribers can select their friends' phone numbers directly from the application and send the comics to their handset.

"Comic Creator is wild. It's hysterically funny. You have to try it to understand it, but this hot new application capitalizes on our customers' desire to extend the communication capabilities of their phones and connect with friends and family in creative, alternate ways," said David Oberholzer, associate director of messaging content programming for Verizon Wireless.

Verizon Wireless customers can purchase Comic Creator in the Get It Now virtual store on Get It Now-enabled phones. The application is available for a $3.99 monthly subscription, which allows users to send up to 20 comics to any handset with a color screen and text messaging capabilities, and an unlimited number of comics to e-mail recipients. Comic Creator is compatible with many popular Get It Now-capable phones, including Chocolate and The enV by LG, the MOTOKRZR K1m and MOTOSLVR L7c, and the Samsung SCH-a990 and SCH-a930.